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Timelord Iain wrote: "Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Timelord Iain wrote: "I get the same reaction when I tell people I don't bring my phone to work/etc (cause I don't like it and it's bulky and has slow wifi/data... so slo..."

I honestly didn’t know those still existed 😂

I just back from Deadpool & Wolverine. I’m obsessed. I’m going to go see it again sometime this weekend.

I've got an Iphone, but it's an older version and most apps I can't install anymore. It's always on silence mode, so it can take a while to reply on calls/messages. I hate it when it constantly makes noise. Like, at work, when I work a shift with a co - worker, 4 of the co - workers has their sound on, so it's always beeping when they get messages. So annoying!

I usually use my phone for emails, what's app, messenger and the Kindle app when I don't have a book with me.

I hate answering the phone, so texting is easier. I'm glad it's not attached to my arm like a second hand.

Nirkatze wrote: I feel that attachment to my computer... and my book...

That's me, though I would add my Kindle in there as well. I like the convenience of the Kindle, and the saving of space (our house is quite small, so space for books is limited), but really only for modern novels. For anything else, I prefer a physical book, especially if it's old or illustrated. I've passed on a lot of printed books over the years, but with some, e.g. Farmer Giles of Ham with the Pauline Baynes illustrations, and my first edition of Dunsany's The Book of Wonder, they'll have to pry them from my cold dead hands.

Felina wrote: "I just back from Deadpool & Wolverine. I’m obsessed. I’m going to go see it again sometime this weekend."

It was so good!!!

I have an old iPhone I use for audiobooks only, another old one but newer than my audiobook one that I use for work and my current iPhone. This is the first time I didn't get a new one after 2 years because I was scared the iPhone 15 would have issues but I'll likely get one Thanksgiving weekend, that is the time the best deals are available. I also have an iPad on a data plan which is overkill, I admit I am extra lol

Yup, I use an ipod too.

And once I was at Costco ordering something and I told them I didn't have a smartphone when they asked for my phone number, and they were like "Why didn't you bring it with you?" And I facepalmed.

Chris wrote: "Nirkatze wrote: I feel that attachment to my computer... and my book...

That's me, though I would add my Kindle in there as well. I like the convenience of the Kindle, and the saving of space (our..."

I still collect physical books like crazy, but don't tend to read them too often, just use them as reference and a lending library... I got out of the habit after spending a few years abroad and exclusively using an ereader... I have a Kobo and I love it... it's mostly open source, easy to sideload, and was the first brand of ereader to go waterproof, so I can take it literally everywhere... I also like being able to read hands-free, like when eating--no having to hold books open with elbows. Sometimes I turn the page with my nose.

I use all formats. Reading is reading for me. Audiobooks are great for when I am having a headache and can't wear my glasses. Kindles and other ebooks are great for when you are waiting in line, at the doctor's office, sitting outside, on a trip, etc. And if the book you are reading has maps or other illustrations I prefer a physical book.

Can summer wind down soon?... every time I look at the weather, I get my hopes up, when I see some 80F days... by the time they arrive, they become 90-95F days... all summer long... unless it's a rainy day on occasion...

I hear you. 98 here today and I was promised 91 earlier this week. The heat is weighing me down.

Going to work at 4am, I can catch some half-decent 70F weather, and really nice 60F weather sometimes... rarely above 75F after hours of darkness... get into work... stay inside all day... then my shift ends, time to drive home, leave the building, and PAIN/BRIGHTNESS/HOT VEHICLE...

Timelord Iain wrote: "Can summer wind down soon?... every time I look at the weather, I get my hopes up, when I see some 80F days... by the time they arrive, they become 90-95F days... all summer long... unless it's a r..."

Ha! I literally had this convo with my husband before signing online. It's 97 here. My veggie garden is suffering. My kids don't want to go outside. I was volunteering street tagging earlier (where you walk car to car asking for money) and I was dying. I am SO ready for this summer to end. Last year was not anywhere as bad.

This year has definitely felt hotter... maybe some heat waves?... I don't follow the news on it, just check weather on google...

BUT... last year there were big power outages, a power station was struck by lightning and a major converter exploded... so the weather felt more dangerous... some unlucky people were without power for a week... I lost power for 8hrs... a different time, tree branches were damaged and a branch created a line from a power line to a garage roof and caught fire across the street... I saw a neighbor on the way to work where a big tree obliterated their garage... just felt like damage everywhere for a few months...

So... start of summer, I was like, I'll take some heat for calmer weather... but now, I'm over it...

In South Jersey we are in the stage of summer where there is a chance of severe thunderstorms on the daily which is super awesome.....

Oh jealous!

Severe storms feel more severe these days... I've been jumpscared by lightning that sounds like it's striking right outside more times this year than previous years, I think... one was so bad I literally remember saying "Jesus Christ"... I might have even gone outside to check...

Revisiting phones for a sec because I've been MIA lol.. I wish I wasn't as attached to my phone as I am. But I also can never be reached because talking on the phone and sometimes even texting gives me anxiety 😅
Also I have the habit of reading texts and then forgetting to respond...

It is still ungodly hot here, I am so sick of 95 degrees but feels like 100 degrees!

/facepalm

We’re in the high 90’s and low 100’s in Salt Lake but it’s dry heat so it’s not horrible. For about a month mid June to mid July, the AC in my car stopped working. That was a long month.

The humidity punches you in the face here :(

I do use an app called WTForecast that makes me laugh with some of the descriptions of the weather but fair warning it is oftentimes crude lol I just opened it and it is currently 89 but feels like 101 and the message is "This is what Satan's butt crack feels like."

I’ve heard of that app! I forgot about it. I’m going redownload it.

My forecast says ‘It’s hot as hell today. Is your butt still raw from the last time Mother Nature screwed you?�

Felina wrote: "My forecast says ‘It’s hot as hell today. Is your butt still raw from the last time Mother Nature screwed you?�"

lol

We've also been hovering around 35 C (I think this is around 95 F?), but the humidity never lets up, so it's still a similar temp if you go out in the middle of the night or early in the morning. It feels like a sauna every time I leave the house..

Ann-Marie wrote: "The humidity punches you in the face here :(

I do use an app called WTForecast that makes me laugh with some of the descriptions of the weather but fair warning it is oftentimes crude lol I just o..."

Lol I just downloaded it. This app is great :D

Today's forecast: It's hot enough to boil a monkey's bum.

Jenna wrote: "Ann-Marie wrote: "The humidity punches you in the face here :(

I do use an app called WTForecast that makes me laugh with some of the descriptions of the weather but fair warning it is oftentimes ..."

lol that is a good one! It is raining here now and the description is "Moist, like a used Fleshlight. Don't touch it!!", so gross.

Ha ha!

Timelord Iain wrote: "This year has definitely felt hotter... maybe some heat waves?... I don't follow the news on it, just check weather on google...

BUT... last year there were big power outages, a power station was ..."

It’s an El Niño year so automatically a hotter year, but we broke serious records this year with the weather.

Ann-Marie wrote: "In South Jersey we are in the stage of summer where there is a chance of severe thunderstorms on the daily which is super awesome....."

I’m in central Jersey so solidarity on these thunder storms. 😭

Ann-Marie wrote: "Jenna wrote: "Ann-Marie wrote: "The humidity punches you in the face here :(

I do use an app called WTForecast that makes me laugh with some of the descriptions of the weather but fair warning it ..."

Could have done without that image 😂. Running to download the app. I use weather channel app and they made an upgrade last week and now it sucks balls. Been wanting to look for a new weather app anyway.

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Ann-Marie wrote: "In South Jersey we are in the stage of summer where there is a chance of severe thunderstorms on the daily which is super awesome....."

I’m in central Jersey so solidarity on the..."

Tell the Jersey Devil I said hello!

Diana Stormblessed wrote: "Ann-Marie wrote: "Jenna wrote: "Ann-Marie wrote: "The humidity punches you in the face here :(

I do use an app called WTForecast that makes me laugh with some of the descriptions of the weather bu..."

Oh I still use the Weather Channel app for every day info but I use WTForecast for laughs :)

Hope everyone stays cool out there~

Are we ready for the August list????
Here they are!

Aug 1, 2024 The Eyes of the Dragon by Stephen King
Aug 1, 2024 The Sickness / The Reunion / The Conspiracy / The Separation (Animorphs #29-32) + Elfangor's Secret (#29.5) by KA Applegate
Aug 1, 2024 The Silverblood Promise (The Last Legacy #1) by James Logan
Aug 1, 2024 The High Lord (Black Magician #3) by Trudi Canavan
Aug 1, 2024 Kushiel's Scion (Kushiel's Legacy: Imriel #1) by Jacqueline Carey
Aug 3, 2024 Bonfire of the Calamities (Beaufort Scales #8) by Kim M. Watt
Aug 3, 2024 Shadows Return (Nightrunner #4) by Lynn Flewelling
Aug 4, 2024 Dragonfly Falling (Shadows of the Apt #2) by Adrian Tchaikovsky
Aug 5, 2024 Abhorsen (Old Kingdom #3) by Garth Nix
Aug 5, 2024 Half-Off Ragnarok (InCryptid #3) by Seanan McGuire
Aug 5, 2024 Age of Legend (Legends of the First Empire #4) by Michael J. Sullivan
Aug 5, 2024 Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy #1-3) by Ilona Andrews
Aug 6, 2024 Kingdom of the Wicked (#1) by Kerri Maniscalco
Aug 6, 2024 A Storm of Swords (A Song of Ice and Fire #3) by George R.R. Martin
Aug 7, 2024 Hellbent (Orphan X #3) by Gregg Hurwitz
Aug 7, 2024 Nyxia Uprising (Nyxia Triad #3) by Scott Reintgen
Aug 8, 2024 Ink & Sigil (#1) by Kevin Hearne
Aug 10, 2024 Unbound (Songs of Chaos #2) by Michael R Miller
Aug 10, 2024 Memory (Vorkosigan Saga #9) by Lois McMaster Bujold
Aug 10, 2024 House Atreides (Prelude to Dune #1) by Brian Herbert & Kevin J. Anderson
Aug 11, 2024 A Song for Arbonne by Guy Gavriel Kay
Aug 12, 2024 Defender (Foreigner #5 Arc 2 #2) by C.J. Cherryh
Aug 13, 2024 The Dead Cat Tail Assassins by P. Djèlí Clark
Aug 13, 2024 A Traitor in Skyhold (Mage Errant #3) by John Bierce
Aug 14, 2024 The Mercy of Gods (The Captive's War #1) by James S. A. Corey
Aug 15, 2024 Ghosts of Gotham (#1) by Craig Schaefer
Aug 15, 2024 The Burning Maze (Trials of Apollo #3) by Rick Riordan
Aug 16, 2024 The Way of Kings (Stormlight Archive #1) by Brandon Sanderson
Aug 16, 2024 A Sorceress Comes to Call by T. Kingfisher
Aug 16, 2024 Honor Among Enemies (Honor Harrington #6) by David Weber
Aug 17, 2024 Court of Assassins (Ranger Archives #1) by Philip C. Quaintrell
Aug 18, 2024 Twilight's Dawn (Black Jewels #6 Short Story Collection) by Anne Bishop
Aug 18, 2024 Cinnamon Bun: Volume 2 (Cinnamon Bun #2) by RavensDagger
Aug 19, 2024 The Pariah (Warhammer 40k: Inquisition #8) by Dan Abnett
Aug 20, 2024 Orchestra of Treacheries (Dragon Songs Saga #2) by J.C. Kang
Aug 20, 2024 The Magician King (Magicians #2) by Lev Grossman
Aug 20, 2024 Senlin Ascends (The Books of Babel #1) by Josiah Bancroft
Aug 20, 2024 Ringworld (Ringworld #1) by Larry Niven
Aug 21, 2024 War of the Twins (Dragonlance: Legends #2) by Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman
Aug 21, 2024 Black Powder War (Temeraire #3) by Naomi Novik
Aug 22, 2024 Witches Abroad (Discworld #12) by Terry Pratchett
Aug 23, 2024 The End of All Things (Old Man's War #6) by John Scalzi
Aug 25, 2024 The Thursday Murder Club (#1 Thursday Murder Club) by Richard Osman
Aug 25, 2024 BuyMort: Grand Opening (Shopocalypse #1) by Damien Hanson & Joseph Phelps
Aug 26, 2024 Odyssey (Academy #5) by Jack McDevitt
Aug 27, 2024 Queenslayer (Spellslinger #5) by Sebastien de Castell
Aug 28, 2024 A Destiny of Dragons (Tales from Verania #2) by TJ Klune

My freebie reading shelves are starting to feel like a waste...

Kindle Unlimited, Audible Plus, Hoopla... so many services are dropping reading options or changing their catalog...

Nirkatze has noted alot of missing books in the New Orleans Hoopla system...

I've recently been noting dropped series on Audible Plus... only the first book is available in these series, now:

Death Qualified
The Hum and the Shiver
The Sword-Edged Blonde

We noted the loss of Vorkosigan Saga awhile ago too...

And I'm sure that's just the tip of the iceberg...

Weather still says it's gonna be 65F tonight, 78F tomorrow, 59F tomorrow night, and then alternating 75-80F days and 55-60F nights the rest of the week...

Here's hoping... usually it starts spiking by now, if it's gonna spike...

Yesterday was & today is going to be shitty but then the temps are supposed to be 70s/80s thru Saturday but rainy/scattered thunderstorms so just a different kind of shitty. I have been going outside for my morning coffee the last few weeks, I like to sit outside on my lunch normally but not when it is ungodly hot so this is my compromise and I like it, may be something I continue weather permitting :)

I should do that. I work from home and I have a little porch with some little rocking chairs. I never go out there. It would be nice to spend my lunch break out there. My porch faces east so it’s in shadow come mid day. Though today is supposed to be 98. Maybe I’ll wait a few more weeks. Ha ha.

Yesterday afternoon we got a short thunderstorm. So nice.

I've started walking to the park and doing the 2-3 mile loop and walking back... 4 miles total, including the walk to the park...

Finally feel like my foot/bone/tendon is healed enough to not feel the strain of excess walking / uneven surfaces / etc... been nice, really...

Been a long year, with occasional aches/pains, long after returning to work... 7 months since injury...

Felina wrote: "I should do that. I work from home and I have a little porch with some little rocking chairs. I never go out there. It would be nice to spend my lunch break out there. My porch faces east so it’s i..."

It is very refreshing but I agree if it is too hot it can have the opposite effect which is why I have been taking my coffee outside recently if it isn't raining :)

Timelord Iain wrote: "I've started walking to the park and doing the 2-3 mile loop and walking back... 4 miles total, including the walk to the park...

Finally feel like my foot/bone/tendon is healed enough to not feel..."

I have been going to the gym to use the treadmill since it is so hot recently. I don't like to walk after dark and it is too hot to do so after work.

Looks like weather isn't too nice for you guys too... I'm not dealing with Farenheit... but humidity and temperatures between 25-30 degrees Celsius here gives me a headache... I don't understand how some of my neighbours can go for holidays to Turkey or Spain and enjoy 40+ degrees Celsius... that's mental...

yea, we're complaining about 35-40C temps...

I cannot wait for tomorrow! I am so sick of 90+ days. I want to take my dogs on a long walk like I used to do daily before the temps shot up. It's so hot I can't drag my kids outside. If this is summer I'm ready for fall.

I can’t wait for fall. I’m basic and it’s my favorite. I can’t wait until it cool enough to have my house windows open and smell that crisp fall leaves smell. Pumpkin Spice Latte and sweaters.

I like spring and fall and keeping windows open for fresh air... cheaper power bills without AC/heating...

Felina wrote: "I can’t wait for fall. I’m basic and it’s my favorite. I can’t wait until it cool enough to have my house windows open and smell that crisp fall leaves smell. Pumpkin Spice Latte and sweaters."

Same

geez! 35-40! that's hot! We're in coastal town so humidity and pressure is kinda mental at the moment, don't remember to feel so sticky before... my son hates it... temperature was main reason we decided to not go to see my Dad this summer, in Poland weather is even worse than here in the UK. over 30 degrees Celsius mixed with thunder storms, heavy rains and strong winds. I'm worried for my Dad cause he's cardiac case and pressure outside is totally upside down. I understand Diana, furry babies needs their walk, but taking them out in this heat is totally not safe. We're taking our girl out only early morning and late afternoon when it's cooler.

Yea... at certain temps, sidewalks burn animal feet...

I assume you meant you don't remember summer being this sticky in years past, Monika... and I agree... summers feel worse in recent years, altho my memory could just be tricking me into letting the worst of years past fade away...

I remember all the news stories last year or the year before, when cable car cables started melting in Seattle/Portland/etc...

I think winters have been colder, too, with Cold Surges hitting -30--35F windchill every 2-3 years or so... that's about the point where Celsius and Fahrenheit match... super cold, for not living in the far north... usually starts causing trouble with car batteries...

Google gave me an answer...



With numbers like these, temps must reach 210F boiling point of water in the hottest locations in the world, like Qatar, that hits 130F